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ZipTheWonder

I'm just trying to get a sense of how many people do/don't like coconut. I was thinking of doing a dessert that calls for it, but I have always been squeamish about serving guests coconut. I have some sort of perception that it is one of those things, like fish, that is generally not served unless you *know* people like it. I'm wondering if that is really the case.

Do you eat it?

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kathrynne

I agree coconut's a tricky one. You love it, you hate it or you're allergic to it. There's no middle ground.

A favorite part of Easter dinner with my family has always been the lamb cake. It's a pound cake baked in a lamb-shaped tin, then frosted and covered with coconut flakes. Mom always leaves the butt-end coconut-free for those who don't like the stuff. It looks strange, but everybody's happy.

EvilAlice

I have some sort of perception that it is one of those things, like fish, that is generally not served unless you *know* people like it.

Bless you for realizing it. I don't mind the taste of coconut too much- but the dried shredded stuff- the texture drives me crazy and I have to fight the impulse to spit it out if I accidentally run across it. It just ruins otherwise good things, IMO.

I remember being served a largish slice of "Italian Cream Cake" as a guest. I didn't ask for a big slice, but I did have a hungry gleam in my eye. It was gorgeous! It had coconut. Who knew? I loath coconut. Even the smell makes me a little sick. Utterly disgusting.

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Pixie

My Hubby hates it. With Easter just around the corner, I've been wanting to make an Easter Bunny Cake, but can't use coconut. I may have to play with the frosting a bit to get it to look like fur. But then again, Hubby and I don't need cake anyway.

Sibby

My Hubby hates it. With Easter just around the corner, I've been wanting to make an Easter Bunny Cake, but can't use coconut. I may have to play with the frosting a bit to get it to look like fur. But then again, Hubby and I don't need cake anyway.

Cotton candy an be used in leiu of coconut for easter bunny cakes.

Of course I love coconut so it's a moot point to me. In fact, other than eyeballs & brains - which I refuse to consider edible under any circumstances - I would at least try absolutely anyhting that was served to me, were I a guest. (I get lots of dinner invitations because I'm such an easy guest guest to accommodate )